conspicuous
conspicuous 英 [kənˈspɪkjuəs] 美 [kənˈspɪkjuəs]
adj. 明显的；惹人注意的
- Keep your eye on the adjective conspicuous for something that stands out so much you notice it right away — like that zit in the center of your friend's forehead.
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- adj. 明显的；惹人注意的
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1. Mary's red hair always made her conspicuous at school.
玛丽的红头发在学校里总是很惹眼。
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2. I felt very conspicuous in my new car.
坐在我的新车里，我感到十分惹人注目。
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3. The event was a conspicuous success .
这项活动至为成功。
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4. Women were conspicuously absent from the planning committee.
规划委员会里没有女性委员，惹人注意。
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5. When it came to cleaning up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence.
后来到打扫时，本应在场的安妮却因为不在而引起了注意。
- conspicuous (adj.) 1540s, "open to view, catching the eye," from Latin conspicuus "visible, open to view; attracting attention, striking," from conspicere "to look at, observe, see, notice," from assimilated form of com-, here probably an intensive prefix (see com-), + specere "to look at" (from PIE root *spek- "to observe").
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